Sentences with phrase «passed during this legislative session»

Ryan says there's a companion bill in the state senate to go with his in the assembly, so he's confident the Act will pass during this legislative session.

The overhaul, billed as the «Democracy Project,» did not make it into the budget, nor was it passed during the legislative session.

Last year's passage of SB 1712, or the Black Market Breeders Bill, created an agency which would develop rules which would be passed during the legislative session this year.

Audubon Washington, Carbon Washington, and the League of Women Voters of Washington are among a growing coalition of organizations and individuals that have joined ACT NOW because they want to see a carbon tax pass during this legislative session.

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While this bill was not passed during this spring's legislative session, its introduction and debate has made great headway in breastfeeding laws, particularly for working mothers.

At noon, Gay and transgender rights advocates including Empire State Pride Agenda members and city and community officials call for state lawmakers to pass GENDA during the current legislative session, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

«We need to pass a property tax cap, ethics reform, and marriage equality during this legislative session.

In a show of unity during a legislative session when consensus on major issues has been difficult to reach, Democrats and Republicans in the state Senate joined together Tuesday to pass what they say is the strongest hate crime law in the nation.The bill,...

The police reform bills were passed on Tuesday evening during the City Council's final stated meeting of the year, as the package made it into the legislative session just under the wire.

If no Democrats step up, Greenberg said he'll try to persuade an independent candidate to run against DeFrancisco if the Republican - controlled Senate does not pass the Child Victims Act during this legislative session, which ends June 16.

The New York State Assembly - for the eighth time - voted to pass a state Dream during its legislative session...

He knew it had to be passed once during this legislative session... what is the hurry Felipe?

I welcome his remarks, and look forward to working with the Chief Justice, the Governor, and Legislature to pass meaningful reform during this legislative session.»

New York's state Legislature chose not pass the urgent pleas of local governments including Rockland County, the City of Long Beach, Suffolk and Nassau counties, Buffalo and Newburgh during the 2012 legislative session that ended last week.

In approving the bill, Cuomo did require that the Legislature pass a chapter amendment during the 2016 legislative session to make technical fixes.

Here's a full list of progressive legislation that passed the Assembly but died in the Senate during the last legislative session.

Hardhatters.com released a report showing that even though more Republicans serve in the Texas Legislature than Democrats, nearly half of the laws passed during last year's regular legislative session were either authored or co-authored by Democrats.

While much went unresolved during the combative close to New York's 2017 legislative session, legislation aimed at increasing access to prescription drugs quietly flew through the state Senate and Assembly, passing unanimously in both houses last week and now awaiting action by Cuomo.

Ms. Barron was one of only 17 legislators with the distinction of having introduced not a single bill that passed her own chamber during this year's legislative session.

Nothing passed period - because of her intransigence, along with the woman's activist group NARAL, which Addie cow - tailed to the whole time during that legislative session two years ago.

The New York State Assembly — for the eighth time — voted to pass a state Dream Act during its legislative session on February 5.

During the first legislative session after her election as governor, her administration passed a state ethics law overhaul.

During his first legislative session as Assemblyman, Todd passed the most bills of any freshman Assembly Member in recent history, and the fourth most bills of the Assembly's legislative session.

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (04/03/2012)(readMedia)-- On Wednesday, residents and community leaders from Community Voices Heard (CVH) in Poughkeepsie will demand that their elected officials that represent them in Albany pass a Fair Elections system during this year's legislative session.

Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos says the hasty manner in which New York's strict new gun control laws, call the NY SAFE Act, were passed during the first full day of the legislative session this year was «wrong,» and he hopes not to repeat that when deciding key end - of - session issues in June like siting casinos or approving an anti-corruption package.

Talks on that issue have broken down, but there are still a dozen scheduled days left in the legislative session during which a deal could be cut and passed.

There's been little public talk by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie or Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan during the legislative session, about passing tough new ethics laws, and no reforms have been approved by the Legislature.

Another wave of corruption allegations could provide further momentum for government watchdog groups and elected officials — including Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo — who are pushing for the Legislature to pass new anticorruption measures during the current legislative session.

Although the charter sector ultimately gained an advocate in Governor Andrew Cuomo and successfully lobbied for a sweeping pro-charter law passed during the last legislative session, Moskowitz said she refers to this spring as «the dark period.»

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (04/04/2012)(readMedia)-- On Wednesday, residents and community leaders from Community Voices Heard (CVH) in Poughkeepsie gathered outside the Dutchess County Office Building on Market St to demand that their elected officials that represent them in Albany pass a Fair Elections system during this year's legislative session.

The governor tried to pass a Raise the Age bill — which would have made 18 the age of criminal responsibility — during the last legislative session but was stymied by the Republican - led State Senate.

But the bill was a component of Cuomo's larger Democracy Agenda, measures including voting and campaign finance reform that otherwise fell by the wayside during budget negotiations and seem unlikely to pass in the remaining months of the legislative session in Albany.

During the 2010 legislative session, the General Assembly passed SEA 316, and the Governor signed IC 20 -19-3-10 into law.

Several legislative solutions to this problem were proposed during the 2015 general session, but none of them passed both the House and Senate.

While some lawmakers say the 2014 budget that just passed provides enough funding to preserve teacher assistants» jobs, local school districts are reporting otherwise — hundreds of teacher assistant positions are being eliminated this fall thanks to a budgetary maneuver that siphons $ 105 million out of the TA funding stream that lawmakers previously budgeted for during the 2013 legislative session.

Baton Rouge, LA (August 1, 2014)-- The Louisiana Federation for Children, the state's voice for educational choice, celebrates the results of two independent audits released by Louisiana Department of Education that shows all scholarship schools in the state are compliant with a new accounting law passed during this year's legislative session.

The Mind Trust's Innovation School Fellowship will maximize the impact of Public Law 1321, which passed during the 2014 legislative session and was championed by both Ferebee and Ballard.

Chalkboard's highest priority during the 2017 legislative session passed.

Gov. Gary Herbert signed into law 50 bills passed during the recent legislative session, including a bill requiring a report on why Utah women get abortions and others aimed at increasing access to public records.

Enrolled Act 57 was passed during the 2017 legislative session requiring the WDE to provide districts with a Learning Management System (LMS).

During a review of the legislative session, the board was quick to praise the leadership of Gov. Steve Beshear, Commissioner Holliday, education partners and lawmakers who passed a budget essentially restoring most K - 12 funding for education to pre-recession levels.

During this legislative session, many states have passed laws that dramatically alter the face of public education, changing what it means to be a teacher.

HB 2305 was passed during the 83rd legislative session (2013).

2015 Florida Legislative Session: State of FL: 0, Greyhounds: 0 This year the State of Florida had the opportunity to pass two important measures that would help greyhounds during their 60 - day legislative session which was set to end on Legislative Session: State of FL: 0, Greyhounds: 0 This year the State of Florida had the opportunity to pass two important measures that would help greyhounds during their 60 - day legislative session which was set to end on legislative session which was set to end on April 30th.

One of the most immediate steps we can take in Washington state is to pass a carbon tax during this legislative session.

CAISO's plans were put on hold during last year's busy legislative session, but Senate Bill 350, the omnibus energy bill passed last year, requires that the state explore it as part of its renewable energy goals.

During the 2009 legislative session, Montana, New Mexico, Vermont and North Dakota all passed resolutions or memorials urging Congress to allow states to regulate hemp farming.

Andy once again helped lead a coalition of business groups in passing more civil justice reforms during the 2013 - 14 Wisconsin legislative session.

If you remember, during the last legislative session, a texting while driving ban law was successfully passed through both the House and Senate, but was vetoed by Governor Rick Perry.

As Gov. Rick Scott acts on legislation that was passed during the final weeks of this year's regular legislative session, there is one bill noticeably absent from his...